TBH wrapped baseball bat is still a baseball bat, just because it's wrapped it doesn't mean you can't use it plus the beginning of the video was missing and it was clearly during some protest

but I agree being stabbed should be legal for victim /s

It was not during some protest, many people of all colors nearby supported the person being arrested and told the policeman he's doing a stupid mistake.

Worse is that it's one of a long run of infuriating police state blunders (to put it mildly).